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Hodir Hard Mode Kill, Yogg-Saron Loot Table
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MMO-Champion wrote on 18th April 10pm
Hodir Hard Mode Kill by Inner Sanctum
The buff to hard mode encounters didn't scare Inner Sanctum . Hodir was killed in Hard Mode tonight at 02:35AM CET!
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The buff to hard mode encounters didn't scare Inner Sanctum . Hodir was killed in Hard Mode tonight at 02:35AM CET!
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Eliah Hecht wrote on 18th April 9pm
Fortunately, most dual-spec errors can be fixed by one of the following steps:
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Christian Belt wrote on 18th April 6pm
Each week Arcane Brilliance brings you a column about Mages and all things Mage-related. That's right, Arcane Brilliance is nothing if not consistent. You won't find any server instability here. We're never down, we're always up, and you can always enter our instanced content. And the best part? Arcane Brilliance doesn't charge you 15 bucks a month. Although, donations are totally welcome.
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Zach Yonzon wrote on 18th April 7pm
So ends the age of the weekly loot piñata. The Wintergrasp raid instance, somewhat inappropriately called the Vault of Archavon, has a new tenant who isn't quite the pushover Archavon the Stone Watcher has been since the launch of Wrath of the Lich King. The Vault of Archavon was essentially every Level 80 player's weekly lottery and near guaranteed shot at Emblems. It was the most compelling reason to capture Wintergrasp as the raid was only available to the faction in control of the zone. Enter Emalon the Storm Watcher, a new raid boss with Patch 3.1 who drops Ulduar and Season 6 loot. Emalon's difficulty is ramped up considerably from Archavon and -- if initial forays are any indication -- hard enough to give seasoned raiders like our own Matt Low an aneurysm.
Unlike his meek neighbor Archavon, Emalon actually requires a bit of strategy and situational awareness. He also comes with four bodyguards, the Tempest Minions, who are integral to the fight. As can probably be inferred from his name and his crew, Emalon the Storm Watcher's primary source of damage is lightning, or Nature damage. It won't be necessary to stack resistance, just an understanding of the fight, his abilities, and knowing what to do and avoid. You can visit Emalon by turning into a corridor on the right just before heading into Archavon.
Emalon abilities
Chain Lightning - Sort of like a Bizarro version of the Shaman spell of the same name, the first target will take no damage while targets after the third jump can be one-shot. Think of a boss version of the Lightning Constructs in the Halls of Stone.
Lightning Nova - Emalon borrows another ability, this time from Loken in the Halls of Lightning. Emalon's version has a five-second cast time, which should be enough time for melee to run the hell away. It has a 20 yard range and should be relatively easy to evade.
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Lisa Poisso wrote on 18th April 5pm
Reader comments – ahh, yes, the juicy goodness following a meaty post. [1.Local] ducks past the swinging doors to see what readers have been chatting about in the back room over the past.
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Patch madness Patch 3.1 went in; stable servers went out. Were you one of the players who shrugged and pushed back from the keyboard to enjoy some spring weather, or did connectivity issues leave you steaming? [Expand 7 Paragraphs]
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Alex Ziebart wrote on 18th April 4pm
It's Saturday afternoon! What are you doing? I have no idea! I know what you should be doing, though. You should be finishing up your submissions to our Fan Art Contest! You only have a couple of days left, the contest ends the evening of April 20th.[View Remaining 2 Paragraphs]
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Mike Schramm wrote on 17th April 6pm
 We got quite a few new cakes come across the tipline since we posted that caketop the other day, including this scary little bit of confectionary groomicide, thanks to another WoW-playing laptop. Lumpey of Arathor sent this one in, and says his mom made it for his wife's bridal shower, after he joked about bringing his laptop on the honeymoon so he could play WoW. We just want to know: mother or mother-in-law? The two messages might be very different, depending. But it does look like a great cake! [View Remaining 2 Paragraphs]
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Eliah Hecht wrote on 18th April 2pm
Okay, I might have made that one up. The point still stands: problems exist in the realms right now. Blizzard knows this too, and they've decided to keep their technical support department open today until 7 PM Pacific time (10 PM Eastern). Usually they're only open on weekdays. Support will be available over the phone, through email, and in the tech support forums, as usual. Eyonix has posted a list of the methods to contact tech support, so check it out if you're having problems.
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Mike Schramm wrote on 18th April 3pm
 A few people are experiencing slowdown issues with patch 3.1, and since our last bit of technical help went over so well, we figured we'd do a little troubleshooting for you on this one, too. If your computer is running slower since you updated into patch 3.1, the first thing to do is check your video options -- Blizzard has tweaked a few things in there, and chances are that by tweaking them again, you might be able to fix your problem (or at least make it a little better). Specifically keep an eye out for the new Video Mode Ultra setting -- that specifically is not designed to be used unless your computer is current and top-of-the-line. Shadows also are quite a drag on the video card and CPU, and turning them down won't affect gameplay that much.[View Remaining 2 Paragraphs]
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Alex Ziebart wrote on 18th April 12pm
 In celebration of the release of Patch 3.1, Secrets of Ulduar, FigurePrints is having a little sale. When placing your order, if you enter the promotional code 'ULDUARSECRET' you'll get 10% off of the price of your Print. Normal price being $129.95, you get $13 off bringing the subtotal to $116.95. Shipping is about $20, so your print would come to $136.90. This sale will only last through the 30th, so you have a little under two weeks to make your purchase.[View Remaining 3 Paragraphs]
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Adam Holisky wrote on 18th April 1pm
 The folks over at GuildOx, a guild progress and achievement ranking site, were kind enough to email us some interesting new statistics about Ulduar's achievements. As it stands a large portion of the raids are, of course, not getting encounter specific achievements the first time they go into the zone. However there are some that are getting them nonetheless.People may wonder if guilds are getting the achievements this quickly because Ulduar is too easy. My opinion on the matter is that Ulduar itself sans hard modes won't be abnormally challenging, however when you put in the hard modes and various twists to the encounter in order to earn the achievements, Ulduar is going to become quite challenging. [View Remaining 6 Paragraphs]
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Mike Schramm wrote on 18th April 1pm
 Our podcast goes live again today as usual, and it should be a good one. We're going to welcome Rogue blogger Chase Christian back to the show, Turpster should be along for the ride as usual, and we're planning to have an old friend on who we haven't seen in a long time: Duncor may be making his long-awaited return, which should be a lot of fun. Of course we'll be talking all about patch 3.1, including how the dual spec system is working so far, some of the major class changes that made it through, and what's going on with the Argent Tournament. And we can't forget about the Ulduar cinematic -- that was a fun bit of lore that popped up out of nowhere this week.[View Remaining 3 Paragraphs]
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MMO-Champion wrote on 18th April 10am
Yogg-Saron Video by Epicfabriken
Earlier this week I posted a video of Yogg-Saron from a healer point of view, sadly this isn't the most interesting part of Yogg-Saron and it didn't show the most interesting parts of the fight. This new video by Epicfabriken will show you a bit more of the fight, including some of the vision rooms and Yogg-Saron's Brain. [View Remaining 1 Paragraphs]
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Alex Ziebart wrote on 18th April 10am
BlizzCast #9 was released very recently, and it's quite short this time around, only about 11 minutes long. It's short because it only covers one thing. It contains Chris Metzen reading the prologue to Arthas: Rise of the Lich King.[View Remaining 2 Paragraphs]
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Elizabeth Wachowski wrote on 18th April 11am
 High on my personal list of pain-in-the-ass mobs lies the Umbrafen Eel, which combines a low quest item drop rate with a highly unpleasant shock when you try to hit it in melee. (Other mobs on the list include Kurzen Medicine Men, pre-nerf Defias Pillagers, and any member of the murloc family with the inclination to run towards three more of its confederates when at 20% health. You're all on notice!) Many players have had similar bad experiences and avoid the eels on alts, but new death knight Iamsparta of Stormscale jumped into the fight without hesitation and received an electrifying lesson. Some things you can only learn through experience. [View Remaining 1 Paragraphs]
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Lesley Smith wrote on 18th April 9am
 Blizzard is famous for adding references from all kinds of films, TV shows and other media into WoW (aka Easter Eggs.) Take this lovely young flower seller in Dalaran. Remind you of anyone? As I wander through Azeroth and Outland, I'm struck by the number of references to real world pop culture. From snakes on a plane in Nagrand to Dr. Boom in Netherstorm to Florist Gump in Stormwind, not to mention a talking rat and some turtles in Dalaran sewer. The list goes on and on. I also quite like the virtual presence of beloved Blues in the form of Eyonix in the Stormspire and Drysc in the Exodar, but my favourite is that human joke about a bracelet of power. [View Remaining 1 Paragraphs]
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MMO-Champion wrote on 18th April 4am
Ulduar Loot Update
Time for the daily Ulduar loot update with a few more items from the 10-Man version of the instance and from Yogg-Saron.
Ulduar Hard Mode Encounters Hotfixed That's interesting, Blizzard spent the last years releasing new dungeons and nerfing them after some time but we didn't see them buffing a lot of encounters in the past. It looks like they didn't want people to beat the hard modes so fast and a lot of them are getting buffed, including Freya, Thorim, and General Vezax. The Hall of Fame will be cleared for these bosses. Quote from: Bornakk (Source)4/17/09
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 Death Strike Healing NerfQuote from: Ghostcrawler (Source)We hotfixed a change to the amount of healing provided by Death Strike. [Expand 2 Paragraphs]
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Kody wrote on 18th April 6am
General Vezax Hard Mode Kill
Congratulations to Irae AoD for killing General Vezax on Hard Mode and the first to complete Heroic: I Love the Smell of Saronite in the Morning. Loot
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Adam Holisky wrote on 18th April 12am
 There have been rolling restarts the past several days, which is nothing new. However on the morning of April 18th beginning at 5:00 a.m. PDT the realms will be restarted in order to correct a bug where items were missing from players backpacks after the previous restart.Not every player experienced this issue. For those that did, items which were in their bags when they logged off Monday night were not there when they finally got into the game after patch 3.1 was applied Tuesday evening. [View Remaining 6 Paragraphs]
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